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72 THE QUR'An. XXIII, 102- 116.
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Not so! — a mere word he speaks! — but behind
thjem is a bar until the day they shall be raised.
And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there
shall be no relation between them on that day, nor
shall they beg of each other then !
[105] And he whose scales are heavy, — they are
the prosperous. But he whose scales are light, —
these are they who lose themselves, in hell to dwell
for aye ! The fire shall scorch their faces, and they
shall curl their lips therein! 'Were not my signs
recited to you? and ye said that they were lies!'
They say, * Our Lord ! our misery overcame us, and
we were a people who did err ! Our Lord ! take us
out therefrom, and if we return 1 , then shall we be
unjust/ 1
[iio^rle will say, * Go ye away into it and speak
not to me ! '
Verily, there was a sect of my servants who said,
' Our Lord ! we believe, so pardon us, and have
mercy upon us, for Thou art the best of the mer-
ciful ones/
And ye took them for a jest until ye forgat my
reminder and did laugh thereat. Verily, I have
recompensed them this day for their patience ; verily,
they are happy now.
He will say, * How long a number of years did
ye tarry on earth ?' [115] They will say, ' We tarried
a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers V
He will say, ' Ye have only tarried a little, were
ye but to know it. Did ye then reckon that we
created you for sport, and that to us ye would not
return ?' But exalted be God, the true ; there is no
god but He, the Lord of the noble throne ! and